Shin Megami Tensei: Digital Devil Saga
Also known as: Digital Devil Saga: Avatar Tuner (JP) Developer: Atlus Publishers: Atlus (JP/NA), Ghostlight (EU) Platform: PlayStation 2 Released in JP: July 15, 2004 Released in US: April 5, 2005 Released in EU: July 21, 2006 This game has uncompiled source code. This game has hidden development-related text. This game has unused graphics. This game has unused models. This game has unused music. This game has unused text. This game has debugging material. This game has a hidden level select. This game has a notes page

In Digital Devil Saga, rival tribes fight over an egg in a junkyard.

To do: Document the unused areas. Use this page for a list of maps. Document the debug options better (what buttons do what, etc).

Debug Options

A few debug options remain in this game. The codes in their respective sections are for the USA version only.

Battle Stage

A map select option. You can also view all of the maps in this game, not just battle maps here. Selecting a map that doesn't exist in the game will softlock the game. Apply the code below to appear in this menu upon first boot of the game. For a list of maps in this game, head on over to the notes page.

Battle Stage Debug At Boot

203297E4 0010A748

Debug Display

A very small leftover from Shin Megami Tensei III: Nocturne can also be found in this game. It has no known effect on anything.

Enable Debug Display

003BA724 00000001

003BA934 000000xx

003BA938 000000xx

DMA-VIF Dump

A debug option that lets you dump current VIF data. This is most likely 3D model data currently loaded in the map. It generally dumps 400 - 500K of memory. This only works presumably with development hardware via a console display. An emulator will display it perfectly fine in a console window if you have it enabled. Below is a code to dump VIF data.

Press R1+Start to Dump VIF Data

D03F9902 0000F7F7

003BA7FC 00000001

Event Debug

To do: Make a list of unused scenes, if any.

In this option you can view all of the cutscenes that are in the .bf format. Apply the code below to appear in this menu upon first boot of the game.

Event Debug At Boot

203297E4 0010A788

Model Viewer

A model viewer option that contains quite a bit of options to choose from. Apply the code below to appear in this menu upon first boot of the game.

Model Viewer At Boot

203297E4 0010A788

2010A794 0C087872

Unused Graphics

...But what does it mean? This game has text or audio that needs to be translated. If you are fluent with this language, please read our translation guidelines and then submit a translation!

Menu Graphics

To do: Add comparisons with the used menu stuff

There are a few menu graphics left inside the game that are left unused.

Analyze Graphics

Apparently this is supposed to be unused graphics for the analyse option. It is not present in-game in the analyse option, meaning that this is left completely unused.

Atma Menu Graphics

There isnt an atma menu in the final game.

Item Menu

Unused Item menu graphic. The final version looks very different in comparison.

Party Menu

Japanese text at the bottom says 'reset'. Atma is misspelled as Artma. There are more ailments than just poison, mute and ache in the final game. There is a placeholder to signify that a position in the party is blank.

Status Menu

Old status menu. Instead of MAG (for magic), there is TEC (Technique).

Skill Menu

Skill Menu.

Config Menu

To do: Compare with the final version

Here's an interesting thing. In the localized version of the game, the translation team accidentally translated this menu. You can clearly see that it isn't used in the final game because of the menu text + the red text instead of gold. Also, the config text is different.

Battle Graphic Oddity

For the battle graphic that is used in battles, there are two options that would normally not be visible during gameplay. Dvilize and Hunt. Normally you would be able to see all the other ones as titles for their menus.

Test Graphics

test001.spr

???

test.spr

Graphics from Nocturne. Very likely to have been used early on as placeholders. Last image is Rag's Jewelry.

Unused Player Graphics

There are a few very surreal player graphics that are in the game files.

Sera

Sera's player graphic is in the game files. The graphic was made, but isn't seen or used at all in the final game, at least not until Digital Devil Saga 2. It has the Water Crown atma brand next to it. There is a placeholder Serph graphic with an Argilla shadow behind it + a blue version of Serph's graphic with an Argilla graphic behind.

Seraph

There are a few .spr files with the name seraf in it. The Sera image is turned red, the Argilla shadow behind Serph's graphic is not there. + The placeholder graphic is green instead of blue.

Roland

There are a few graphics with the name roard in it. Since there is a name sprite, you can clearly see that it is supposed to be Roland. (ロアルド). Here the Sera graphic is blue, Cielo has the Argilla shadow. And the Serph graphic is orange.

Unused Models

Early test models for all six party members were left in the game under modeleventnew_test. The textures and geometry in the early models are far lower quality than their final counterparts. These can also be found inside the Maniax re-release of Nocturne.

Argilla

Early	Final

Cielo

Early	Final

Gale

Early	Final

Heat

Early	Final

Sera

Early	Final

Serph

Early	Final

Unused Audio

Music

To do: Figure out what that test track is.

test2.at3

This is in the game files for some reason.

ZZZ.DAT

The alternate unused staff roll theme from Nocturne is present inside the zzz folder. The interesting thing is that this file is present in all SMT PS2 games.

Voice Clips

Unused Text

...But what does it mean? This game has text or audio that needs to be translated. If you are fluent with this language, please read our translation guidelines and then submit a translation!

Devlopement/Code Text

temp.txt

To do: Make a note of how many times this is duplicated

result2dammy.txt

dammy

spritespr_file.txt

test  ; test_memo

test2 ; test2_memo

To do: translations

modeleventindex.txt

#

# model index

#





#===================================================================

# E501 検証イベント

#===================================================================

[Major:3, Minor:0x24] : ドア

[Major:3, Minor:0x25] : ホクトセイクン

[Major:3, Minor:0x26] : インキュバス

[Major:3, Minor:0x27] : テング

modeleventextranpcfile_name.txt

＜ファイル名解説例＞



f_as_m1.PB

(フィールド_アサインメンツ_男01)



f_so_f1e.PB

(フィールド_ソリッド_女01エンブリオン化)



	…以上のようにしようかと考えています。

fldff009f009_000.txt

%comp

F009.INF id=1

F009.NPL id=2

F009.SKY id=3

F009.WAP id=4

f009.bf id=5

f009.amb id=6

fldff009f009_001.txt

%comp

f009_001.TBN

f009_001.f2

f009_001.f1

cmpSprPac.sh

#! /bin/bash



sdfLink cmpSprPacA.txt

mv cmpSprPacA.LB sprite_a.lb

sdfLink cmpSprPacB.txt

mv cmpSprPacB.LB sprite_b.lb

sdfLink cmpSprPacC.txt

mv cmpSprPacC.LB sprite_c.lb

campsprn_paccmpSprPacA.txt

%compress      # ファイルを圧縮する

%nosetfilename # ファイル名の埋め込み無し

               # 埋め込むと展開がおかしくなるので注意             



../n_min/nall_hp.spr id=0

../n_min/n_min01.spr id=0

../n_min/n_min02.spr id=0

../n_min/n_min03.spr id=0

../n_min/n_min04.spr id=0

../n_min/nall_cmm.spr id=0

../n_min/nall_hep.spr id=0

%compress      # Compresses file.

%nosetfilename # No file name embedded.

               # Embedding a file name will cause strange results, so use with caution.           



../n_min/nall_hp.spr id=0

../n_min/n_min01.spr id=0

../n_min/n_min02.spr id=0

../n_min/n_min03.spr id=0

../n_min/n_min04.spr id=0

../n_min/nall_cmm.spr id=0

../n_min/nall_hep.spr id=0

modeleventMakefile

# -*- tab-width: 4 -*-

# イベント用モデルデータのコンバート

# 細谷のマシン環境でないと動きません!



#REMOTE_BASE=/mnt/remote/oyster/design

REMOTE_BASE=/mnt/remote/oyster_design



MDLCNV=sdfModelExp

MDLCNV_FLAGS=-b



MOTCNV=sdfMotionExp

MOTCNV_FLAGS= --optimize



E503_MODELS = 

	e503/u503_000.TB	e503/u503_000.MB	e503/u503_000.AB 

	e503/u503_001.TB	e503/u503_001.MB	e503/u503_001.AB



ALL_MODELS = 

	$(E503_MODELS)





all : $(ALL_MODELS)



clean:

	@rm -f $(ALL_MODELS);



chmod:

	@find . -name "*.[TMA]B" -exec chmod +w {} ;



#==================================================================================

# [3, 0x2c] u503_000 (E503リリス)

E503_000_PATH=$(REMOTE_BASE)/maeda/for_hosoya/script_events

E503_000_BASE=$(E503_000_PATH)/lilith_root_01

E503_000=e503/u503_000



$(E503_000).TB: $(E503_000_BASE).TB

	@cp $(E503_000_BASE).TB $(E503_000).TB



$(E503_000).MB: $(E503_000_BASE).MB

	@cp $(E503_000_BASE).MB $(E503_000).MB



$(E503_000).AB: $(E503_000_PATH)/lilith_root_*.T3

	$(MOTCNV) $(MOTCNV_FLAGS) $(E503_000_PATH)/lilith_root_*.T3 -o $(E503_000).AB



#==================================================================================

# [3, 0x2d] u503_001 (E503プレイヤー)

E503_001_PATH=$(REMOTE_BASE)/maeda/for_hosoya/script_events

E503_001_BASE=$(E503_001_PATH)/player_01

E503_001=e503/u503_001



$(E503_001).TB: $(E503_001_BASE).TB

	@cp $(E503_001_BASE).TB $(E503_001).TB



$(E503_001).MB: $(E503_001_BASE).MB

	@cp $(E503_001_BASE).MB $(E503_001).MB



$(E503_001).AB: $(E503_001_PATH)/player_*.T3

	$(MOTCNV) $(MOTCNV_FLAGS) $(E503_001_PATH)/player_*.T3 -o $(E503_001).AB



#============================ end of file =========================================

# -*- tab-width: 4 -*-

# Event scene model conversion.

# Won't work unless executed in Hosoya's machine environment!



#REMOTE_BASE=/mnt/remote/oyster/design

REMOTE_BASE=/mnt/remote/oyster_design



MDLCNV=sdfModelExp

MDLCNV_FLAGS=-b



MOTCNV=sdfMotionExp

MOTCNV_FLAGS= --optimize



E503_MODELS = 

	e503/u503_000.TB	e503/u503_000.MB	e503/u503_000.AB 

	e503/u503_001.TB	e503/u503_001.MB	e503/u503_001.AB



ALL_MODELS = 

	$(E503_MODELS)





all : $(ALL_MODELS)



clean:

	@rm -f $(ALL_MODELS);



chmod:

	@find . -name "*.[TMA]B" -exec chmod +w {} ;



#==================================================================================

# [3, 0x2c] u503_000 (E503 Release)

E503_000_PATH=$(REMOTE_BASE)/maeda/for_hosoya/script_events

E503_000_BASE=$(E503_000_PATH)/lilith_root_01

E503_000=e503/u503_000



$(E503_000).TB: $(E503_000_BASE).TB

	@cp $(E503_000_BASE).TB $(E503_000).TB



$(E503_000).MB: $(E503_000_BASE).MB

	@cp $(E503_000_BASE).MB $(E503_000).MB



$(E503_000).AB: $(E503_000_PATH)/lilith_root_*.T3

	$(MOTCNV) $(MOTCNV_FLAGS) $(E503_000_PATH)/lilith_root_*.T3 -o $(E503_000).AB



#==================================================================================

# [3, 0x2d] u503_001 (E503 Player)

E503_001_PATH=$(REMOTE_BASE)/maeda/for_hosoya/script_events

E503_001_BASE=$(E503_001_PATH)/player_01

E503_001=e503/u503_001



$(E503_001).TB: $(E503_001_BASE).TB

	@cp $(E503_001_BASE).TB $(E503_001).TB



$(E503_001).MB: $(E503_001_BASE).MB

	@cp $(E503_001_BASE).MB $(E503_001).MB



$(E503_001).AB: $(E503_001_PATH)/player_*.T3

	$(MOTCNV) $(MOTCNV_FLAGS) $(E503_001_PATH)/player_*.T3 -o $(E503_001).AB



#============================ end of file =========================================

The "Hosoya" referenced in this file is likely Tomohiro Hosoya. Although he's only credited in the special thanks section for Digital Devil Saga, he is a known Atlus programmer who worked on other games of theirs from that same period, including Shin Megami Tensei: Nocturnee, Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Summoner, Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Summoner: Soul Hackers, and Maken X.

Cut Text

Inside facilitymsgchurch folder you can some '.bmd' files. These are interesting because there are no sprites connected to the text as with the mantra grid, shop and terminal. Whatever this church thing is is unknown. (At least at the moment). However, three text files are present with this.

facilitymsgchurchmes_data.bmd

ID:1(msg_1st)



メインシステムにログインしました。

何を行いますか？

-------------------------------

ID:2(msg_2nd)



何を行いますか？

-------------------------------

ID:3(msg_search)



検索する項目を選択してください。

-------------------------------

ID:4(msg_atma_confirm)



再生にはＢＶ[VAR(1)]必要ですが、

再生しますか？

-------------------------------

ID:5(msg_exit)



メインシステムをログアウトします。

-------------------------------

ID:6(msg_sel01)



はい



いいえ

ID:1(msg_1st)



Login to Main system.

What will you do?

-------------------------------

ID:2(msg_2nd)



What will you do?

-------------------------------

ID:3(msg_search)



Select the item to be searched.

-------------------------------

ID:4(msg_atma_confirm)



再生にはＢＶ[VAR(1)]必要ですが、

再生しますか？

-------------------------------

ID:5(msg_exit)



Logout from main system.

-------------------------------

ID:6(msg_sel01)



Yes



No

facilitymsgchurchperson_info.bmd

テストメッセージ

facilitymsgchurchword_info.bmd

テストメッセージ